Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 170 166
Rank change year-on-year +78 -4 -50
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 256 132 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.60% 1.68% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 1.88% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 201 125 157
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% -5.03%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £55,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,331 7,025 8,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.29% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,098 5,355
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +29 100 £50,000 +5.26% 12
Merseyside +53 56 £42,500 -5.56% 4
Cheshire +13 51 £46,000 -2.13% 3
Lancashire +15 29 £62,783 +35.75% 3
Cumbria - 20 £38,250 - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 234 (91.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (42.19%) Windows
3 105 (41.02%) Microsoft
4 101 (39.45%) Azure
5 100 (39.06%) ITIL
6 90 (35.16%) Active Directory
7 67 (26.17%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (25.78%) VMware
9 59 (23.05%) DNS
10 54 (21.09%) Windows Server
11 51 (19.92%) DHCP
12 48 (18.75%) Mentoring
13 45 (17.58%) Coaching
14 44 (17.19%) AWS
15 43 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
16 42 (16.41%) Disaster Recovery
17 41 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
18 40 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
19 37 (14.45%) Public Cloud
20 36 (14.06%) Migration
21 34 (13.28%) Cisco
22 33 (12.89%) Linux
23 32 (12.50%) Hyper-V
23 32 (12.50%) Roadmaps
24 31 (12.11%) Firewall
25 30 (11.72%) Finance
25 30 (11.72%) Social Skills
26 29 (11.33%) LAN
27 28 (10.94%) Citrix
27 28 (10.94%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.73%) IIS
4 4 (1.56%) CMS
4 4 (1.56%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 101 (39.45%) Azure
2 67 (26.17%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (17.19%) AWS
4 28 (10.94%) Entra ID
5 25 (9.77%) IaaS
6 15 (5.86%) SaaS
7 11 (4.30%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.13%) GCP
9 7 (2.73%) AWS KMS
9 7 (2.73%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (2.73%) GitHub
9 7 (2.73%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.73%) PaaS
10 6 (2.34%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.17%) AWS CodePipeline
14 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.78%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 59 (23.05%) DNS
2 51 (19.92%) DHCP
3 31 (12.11%) Firewall
4 29 (11.33%) LAN
5 23 (8.98%) WAN
6 13 (5.08%) VPN
7 9 (3.52%) WLAN
8 8 (3.13%) SSL
9 7 (2.73%) Network Security
9 7 (2.73%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.73%) Wireless
10 6 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (2.34%) SAN
10 6 (2.34%) VLAN
10 6 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.95%) BGP
11 5 (1.95%) VoIP
12 4 (1.56%) TETRA
13 3 (1.17%) OSPF
13 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.52%) MySQL
4 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (4.69%) GitLab
2 7 (2.73%) Artifactory
3 5 (1.95%) MSI
4 4 (1.56%) Git
5 3 (1.17%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 30 (11.72%) Finance
1 30 (11.72%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.55%) Public Sector
3 18 (7.03%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.52%) Legal
6 8 (3.13%) Law
7 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.56%) Retail
8 2 (0.78%) Advertising
8 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.39%) Banking
9 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.34%) LDAP
2 4 (1.56%) .NET
2 4 (1.56%) CSS
3 3 (1.17%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.45%) Public Cloud
2 23 (8.98%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.47%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.30%) PKI
6 9 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.13%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.73%) Replication
8 7 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.95%) CMDB
10 4 (1.56%) FMCG
11 3 (1.17%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.17%) PMI
12 2 (0.78%) CCTV
13 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.39%) Housing Association
13 1 (0.39%) IBM Mainframe
13 1 (0.39%) Mainframe
13 1 (0.39%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 108 (42.19%) Windows
2 54 (21.09%) Windows Server
3 33 (12.89%) Linux
4 17 (6.64%) Unix
5 10 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.52%) Android
6 9 (3.52%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.73%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.34%) VMS
9 5 (1.95%) Windows 10
10 3 (1.17%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (91.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 100 (39.06%) ITIL
3 48 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 45 (17.58%) Coaching
5 43 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (16.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 36 (14.06%) Migration
8 32 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 27 (10.55%) Capacity Planning
10 26 (10.16%) Service Management
11 24 (9.38%) Change Management
12 23 (8.98%) Infrastructure Management
13 20 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.81%) DevOps
14 19 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (7.42%) Incident Management
14 19 (7.42%) Process Improvement
14 19 (7.42%) Server Management
15 17 (6.64%) Architecture Roadmap
15 17 (6.64%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.16%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.64%) SQL
3 9 (3.52%) Swift
4 6 (2.34%) Bash
5 5 (1.95%) Python
6 3 (1.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (10.55%) Degree
2 14 (5.47%) HNC
3 6 (2.34%) CCNA
3 6 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.56%) A+ Certification
4 4 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (1.56%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.56%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.17%) MCSA
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.56%) NIST
2 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.39%) NCSC
3 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (35.16%) Active Directory
2 41 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.56%) VMware Server
5 4 (1.56%) vSphere
6 2 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.08%) Terraform
3 8 (3.13%) SCCM
3 8 (3.13%) WSUS
4 7 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (2.73%) Ansible
4 7 (2.73%) CA Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.78%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.78%) vRealize
6 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 105 (41.02%) Microsoft
2 66 (25.78%) VMware
3 34 (13.28%) Cisco
4 28 (10.94%) Citrix
5 13 (5.08%) Veeam
6 10 (3.91%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.91%) NetApp
6 10 (3.91%) Splunk
7 9 (3.52%) CA
7 9 (3.52%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.73%) BMC
8 7 (2.73%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.73%) F5
8 7 (2.73%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.73%) Meraki
9 6 (2.34%) Aruba
9 6 (2.34%) Extreme Networks
9 6 (2.34%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.56%) HP
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle